Been waiting months for this. Reporter an amateur stargazer dr. Albert brooks was eager to show off what he could do with a cereal box. Its a raisin bran viewer. Reporter as people outside viewed the partial eclipse, inside the real show was being televised as the total eclipse moved up through mexico and texas. It was a breathtaking sight. Feels so powerful and feels magical almost and the aura is really beautiful. I just feel lucky to be alive to see all this beautiful stuff in this world. Reporter hes right about being lucky because chabot astronomer Gerald Mckeegan says we just happen to live on this planet at the perfect time to view this unlikely celestial event. The sun is about 400 times farther away. Coincidentally, the sun is about 400 times bigger than the moon. So the two sets of numbers line up just right so we can see a perfect total Solar Eclipse. Reporter but that wont last for long at least in astronomical terms because the moon is slowly moving away from the earth at
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